Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
The s+ate Le.islature.

,.-ta Senate On the 9TH. the bill for an 81
,.'..,,tfr, aguroving and ratifTing the p,oposi-
ton f5r settlement and payment Of the lnleo.-
,,7ress of the St Louis. Iron Mountain q
corther1 Railway Company, growing OuI VI
-, taYes due the State. and for oiheF p-I-
,osas was read a second time and made spe-
al order for the 10Th The bill changing lhs
l1a for holding general elections was laAoN
" or5 .,ffer bef1g debated for the entire after
O. il was defeated by vote Of
K ravs 10 ) yeas. The vote was
( srrnrise In the House the day /
L. sneD+ on the FOster-Barnett contested
t,ctfon case. the Balch Railroad Commission .
In r9ing over. Foster. who noLds lne 9e1.i
md in whose favor the house decided Is an IN. IN-
}arendent. while his contestant B-.hs''' j
barnocrat. The vote was iS to y IL Ia'ol y. /
Eoster keeping his seat. The NAeeieIs' WIN
ky exceptions. and the Republicans 'o'eU io'
Foster. r---, .-or,
IL the Senate, on the 10th, MI Byrne, ,iC-a
h. committee on engrossed bills, reported Ine
6enate bill for an act accepting, approving anu
Eatifvinr the proposition for the settlement anu
Iorr7aDt of the indebtedness Of the st. LOUIS
Fror Mountain & Southern Railway Company
10 the state. growing out Of back taxes uuG uuG,
fbe state. as correctly engro5seL In5 Dill
haino special order for the hour' was
l-aa M and placed upon It's maj pas
I t. After some debate. the Senate ao'
6ourned without taking final action ana speL'
Ebo afternoon visiting the State prison III
4 The House. on motion Of Mr. "asnourne' InS
ibiII tn euDower the Governor to authorize SUITS
~ t,s rro,1,bt for the collection of back taxes
T t1ue 11v railroads and other corporations was
- a third time and put on its passage Dut on
.Gootion was sent back to the judiciary colhlillI
tee The Balch Railroad Commission DlI "l2
'called I'D for further consideration. oe'oI~i
I.amrndments and substitutes were deoatea' anu
the discussion went over.
Y In the Senate on the l1th the bill Iof an aC'
ACCEPTING. approving and ratllylng lhe pIopO
htioa made by the st. Louis, iron 1louu'aili :"
Southern Railway Company pay the oLdtG .oi
rback taxes was taken up for further eohSiueLa,
+ion and after debate. was passed by FoIe
Fofoqto- The Senate having defeated the
Consolidation of Elections bill, meas
Lrre was introduced requiring county
-indoes to select judges Of eiec-
tion from different political parues;
This bill was called up and deiea'eu
bv vote Of IS TO 9. The senate
hin tn turn the revenue received from the sale
of certain State lands and other sources to ecu
7 cational interests, and for increasing Ihe gen
era1 school fund was called up ana aiIeL
long debate was killed on its hnal pa7Sase' I,lo
yote being. Yeas. y: nays. 1s.-...In the
Horse the bill to require railroads to renee Jher
! tracks was taken up, amended. ordered en-
crossed and made special Or
der for the 18th. The bill 10
Il enforce the constitutional provision against
usurv was made special order for the l@Ih'
The bill to provide for the collection Oh taAes
overdue by railroads and other HorpordtIoli7
was reported with amendments from Ihe Iuul,
I o,orv committee. and was ordered engrossed
and made a special order !or inc lftH @ IH1
senate bill regarding Sabbath breaking was
= read third time, and after debate was paSSeu
bv a vote Of yeas, So; nays, ~.
IN the Senate on the 18th, large number o.
hills were introduced. all Of which were read
first time and placed on the calendar. The loi
laying are the most important: To authorize
railroad companies to make common use o.
railro ad tracks or bridges within incorporated
! cities or towns or approaching % or connect
ing with such cities or towns; to PROVIDE INT
mode of acquiring such right and to regulate
.bo manner Of exercising the same
Al for a geological survey Of Arkansas; to Dett =
I \ nrotect the bomesteads Of residents OF INT
4 state. To protect the fishes and to MAINTAIN
q. the sanitary condition Of the water courses
4 deqcrf 70 regulate the 9ulang ,5. GL ,,ni, WIZ
,
poses; to prevent foreign corporations ant
nonresident aliens from acquiring title Il
lands in the State: to provide for the bette
education of colOred deaf mutes Of the State
, ....N No business of importance was transacted
in the House.
In the Senate on the 1ith considerable time
was spent debating q local measure introduced
by Mr.. Stayton, of Jackson County, to create
the Fourteenth judicial circuit. Mr.. Staytor
insisted on the passage of the bill because hi'
constituents wanted T. but it failed tG pass by
vote-ycas. 10: nays, 15 The Senate bill tC
provide school directCfE in school STREETS witt
poll-bOOks for school elections, and fer other
purposes was read a third sine and
passed. The bill e. increase Tie Su
preme Court from three to five mem
bers. after a hOtly contested debate, was
defeated by a close votn w In the House q
concurrent resolution was adopted providing
for a Joint committee to select and submit the
three most important proposed amendment tc
the State Constitution, to be submitted to ihc
peOple The House bill for the collection OF
taxes overdue by corporations in the State Was
passed unanimously The Balch Railroad
Commission bill was taken up, and the discus
sion continued on the motion TO reconsider the
vote by which section Z was adopted. THE
motion was made with view Of reducing the
commission to one. The debate on THIS con
sumed the greater part Of the day.
the Senate, in the 18th, no important bust
ness was transacted, the time being devoted to
reading and advancing the House business.
In the House the proposition Of the Iron Mount
ain Railroad Company to pay the State $780,
| 00O as settlement in full for all back taxes,
was discussed several hours, but no decision
was arrived at. The proposition has already been
bor ~
new bills were introduced.